This week has been a doozy...but it has also been one of those times when things kinda fell into place for a reason...so, is it coincidence or luck?
- Last Sunday, we saw a rat leaving our basement...and realized that they had burrowed a hole into our foundation....
- Which meant that we went down into the basement and cleaned up the huge pile of laundry (sending some to wash/fold) putting the overflow into a couple of plastic storage tubs...
- Meanwhile, Willow was out sick most of the week, seeming to get better, then towards the end of the week she started having coughing spasms (sinus infection suspected)....
- Which meant that we were up at 2-3 a.m. trying to help her out and overall distracting her with television...
- Which meant that we heard some type of thump/bump/crash in the basement...
- (which we ignored for about half an hour...for me, because I thought I mis-heard where it came from...and if it was in the basement--rats??)....
- Which meant that we then discovered half an hour later that we had no hot water...
- Which that we went downstairs to the basement to find a burst pipe to the water heater, spraying water everywhere....
The conclusion of it all is:
Because we had moved the clothes into tubs, most of them did not get wet;
Because we were up early with a sick child, we stopped the water from flooding our basement and only ended up with about an inch or so of water.
A side benefit is that the basement has needed to be organized, and now the water restoration people have moved all our stuff into a nice pile (the downside is how much it will cost...but we won't focus on that right now, shall we??)
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Now that things are stable, Chewy and I are going to get away for a day to enjoy celebrating our 30th Wedding Anniversary...so, lets hope the kids can keep the house from falling apart for one day/night!!
Ending with a cute picture of Lucifer!
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